Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-26
BY Jriiss HswrroRsr.

IN rHk WORLD
BY Jrlias HswruoRsE
CCoryriented iss7D
some iormidahs>looking athletes are mere shells
on muscle There In nothing inside them. Amer
eN sess they become stale. In a few years more
.ney oesin 10 pine away. Their digestion b I'M
perIecc Their hands and feet are cold. their eyes
old men, N they live beyo,d INV. n "a life no
worth iiving from the physical point of view
ihere are men who spent = great deal &C time
exercising In the gymnasium when they were Iittle
o.e e enxn uos s.say nom sixteen sevenieen uT-
ity ana recuperative power. Nature r.xaIns over
night the loss OF the day before A YOUNG person
and yet feel little OF the wor-s for mi IL NJ
ambitious 70 have eg, hard bioeps and promo
and the bars In season ans out ~ es, 80 y,
charmed 90 note the development thar prrsently
ensures Re can pun hImseli up Ihree t,upes amen
anywhere from MY 20 a hundred and NV time.
In succession He can M from Thousand 10 tlr.,s
utes and twenty seconds OF was one IN ~ na,n
utes and half These fests and better than the-r
They ct the record Sreasius n in ,s sSTps msn
The sovereignty OF athletes SEEMS ~ AZ fhetg
feet. II they have got on 80 far al twenty tlr-s.
what my they not expect 10 become al thirty 90
That IL where they Are mistaken. They n,sta..
muscle for strength. They have read and heard
about muscles Of steel: they quote GUY livingstone
and Augustus the strong. CT saxony, who twisted
up iron bars between his fingers They thins Thar
n by constant practice thy can make theiT mus.
Giles as hard and As prominent as those a such
men they viii be their equal In strength Tbey
backs and chests. and compare them with The az
Gent statues, and rejoice 10 see that the latter
have less knotted and gnarled appearance ana
of some one having walked or run rUwed "a
jumped or leaped a little better than was ever
known before. IL seems as n the human race were
really becoming stronger and - Ia An
the old Grecian and Roman days
But n you examine those accounts IN the news
names OF the champions disappear after two CO
three years and Others take their places; What
has become OF the frst men: Why do they nOt
keep on indefinitely INSTEAD OF vanishing amer
having made, as u were. single enortG Have
they retired In order TO give the younger men a
who retires from the arena while supremacy ~
Sun within his grasp. II Is when be begins 70 md
his Appearances become les frequent Al FIRST he
ascr1bes the cause OF his failures 20 every reason
on that day. he had spraiped rs fons. he Saa
famed his arm, his boat was not up 10 bis weight;
but the truth was that whlls his muscles remained
me strength 10 make proper use OF them had
oozed away. They encumber and weaken him in
Just the same way that a sat Of ponderOus six
teenth century arinOr would do. His heart aud
lungs and stomach have ali they can accomplish
and more, 10 keep the unw1eldy mass upright. The
man - actually not two-thirds alive. In his
thoughtiess youth he bmu on 20 himself. as t
were, the muscular system OF a bigger man than
himself FOR while all seemed 20 20 we'll but
fat;ed monster created b. Frankensfen ~ de-
mands 10 be supported and cared for by IL crea-
tor; and as the latter is poweress 20 DO tits the
monster destroys him and itself az the same time.
II you want 20 be strong and 20 keep your
strength for the time when you WIN really need "
you must go 10 WORK In quite a different way.
Never mind about records and Guy uvingstones.
such men as Guy Livingstone are strong Without
effort They inherit powerful frames and the
vigor OF their Internal org anisln is such A 10
be more than sunlclent 70 meet any strain they
can put IL 10. Their hearts send the blood In DOW
erful waves out 20 the surface OF their bodies and
keep IL there. Their lungs xtepd, 10 20 speak up
into their necks ana down into their abdomenS
as the tides OF the ocean. Their stomschs ebser
fully derive nour1shment from ten-penny nails aud
cobblestones. These natural giants never exercise
in gymnasiums; why should they? Their powers
are always adequate 20 any call that Is made upon
them. They are apt 20 be habitually lazy; but
when the need comes they can do anything with
out half trying such men, or the tradition u
them. demoralne modern asheticism. BY invei-
good, Tor I'VE minutes as they are without prac-
tice for twenty or thirty years. but the EFFORT via
cost you your life. II you are wise you VIII not
But there Is something that you can do Yod
can Daring constitutional aud congenital tenden-
as they are, and 1--we as long: and YOU can be
strong, too, up TO the MEASURE Of some natural
capacity and they are no more than that Begin
and your externals generally, and attend TO your
insides: II is only through the latter that tie
Of the vast multiplication NJ homes In modern
times. there is still almost much outdoor work
out in IL as much as you can. Move about brissIy1
with your mouth shut, and at every breath take
In as much air as you can held through your nos
tris. DO not go out with the premeditated pur-
pose OF running mile Is fast as you can and then
coming home again. Football Is the best lung
and heart game 10 the world, and whatever is
most Ike foot-ball-such as hockey. tag, base
ball-are so far good. Your movements should ba
varied. prompt unexcited, and 30 far as possible
f. rf.lT
10 sGch :sgree that you not aware OF the ex-
tent on nind OF exertion you are making. Take
II YOU can get one. ana VARY some four miles an
hour with an occasional burst at top speed. or
by leaping over a fence. o. climbing tree. or
do IL with Will, ana remember that your
ONCE Is not 70 make your muscles big md hard,
but 70 get good appetite. good digestion, ana a
saw and chop wood once an q while or row a boat
or throw 91Sits or have a, oogt at wrestling; 90
a certain thing at a certain time; only do some
thing each day, and be out doors Wills you are
doing IL. AT the end OF the year do not ask your
self whether you have Increased three inches In
your girth. or around the arms and legs Your
tailor Will attend 70 those matters; out congratn-
your cheeks, and brightness In your eyes: that
you eat good deal more than you used 10 DO. and
that what you eat seems 10 dissolve away and
become imperceptible the moment you have swal-
lowed IL: that you are asleep nve minutes after
you are abed, and until nye minutes OF the time
mind clear and efficient. A. % your muscular
strength, other people Will teach you how thai Is
getting on, when by any chance you happen 10
enter into competition with them
To be out OF doors whenever possible-that n q
first disideratum. To breathe deeply and slowly u
another. third, not less than these Is TO rub the
surface Of the body with stlf flesh brushes after IL
has become heated with exercise ana before you
SIT down TO any sedentary occupation. This brush
ing, OF ITSELF nourishes and INV oraJes the muscles
better than most Kinds Of gyIalasiic exercise be-
cause II induces the blood 20 iiow into them and
renders them supple and tough Moreover t purl-
mes the skin, enables the pores to breathe and
leves the lungs II for any reason you cannot get
your daily allowance OF open-air exercise then
double your allowance OF 1esh brushing, and you
VIII not miss the exercise 30 much. In this sort &C
regimen Is Kept up tll the age Of twenty-six OF
Whereabouts you VIII not need 10 be- euyiOus OF
prominent gymnasts.
In speaking about IL some people seem u feei
morbid attraction toward UNIV wholesome food, and
an unwonted ingenuity in gett az hold o. IT, and IL
is impossible 20 reform them other people have
similar instinct for what Is simple and digest
ibe In food. and they need no sdy1ce. still others
are like hogs they eat prom;scuously and 20 ex-
cess; but they have not the hogs excuse that they
can be turned into bacon. But certainly IL II well
10 eat less rather than more, and 10 eat what the
stomach can readily endure. Instead OF what The
energies OF the entire system must be taxed 10 put
inorder DO not eat very cold or very hot tnings DO
not drink Ice water or scalding Tea 90 not mind
tobacco so much as some people seen 10 oO Dutyoo
must first md out how much 81 this poison your
liver can neutralize without oyeIexertion- ana
never exceed it. You need not be teetotaler,